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On 2006-07-14 11:28:38, pxthomas wrote:
@ALL...Is it possible to get broadband connection through electric cable?
Is there an answer to this question?
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Posted: 2006-07-14 17:57:41
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@mamba: Yes, theoretically it is possible...afaik it's been done overseas quite successfully there's also been talk that our Second Network Operator might use powerlines to deliver broadband to South Africans as Eskom( our national electricity utility) owns an equity stake in the new network. Right now people can only access wired broadband through Telkom (who own 50% of Vodacom) which is the South African equivalent of Nitel but only more profitable.
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Posted: 2006-07-14 18:54:58
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@all: quiet day on the thread!!!! EFCC catch up with you guys? Or is the weekend so hot?
@angel: did you back out of the
seti@home?
@all: PNF!!!! someone has gotta join Team Naija!!!!
Join Team Naija @
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/
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Posted: 2006-07-15 18:41:35
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phcn is still battlin wit supply of electricity, pls they shouldn't be saddled wit transmission of broadband. atimes i wonder if an average phcn transformer can cope wit 1 week of constant electricity. em transformers will def pack up. has anybody tried d new starcom evdo?
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Posted: 2006-07-15 22:04:00
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IMHO Starcomms EVDO broad band service is rather expensive. At N20k monthly subscription and an intitial N45k for the pc card which can only be used with laptop pc's (except of course, if it is possible to install a PCMCIA slot on your desktop pc) I think its a waste of hard-to-come-by resources. Apart from coverage, My Netcom broadband is a cheaper alternative
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Posted: 2006-07-17 00:10:06
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Thats a whole lotta cash,i wonder what goes on this peoples mind when they come out wit all these expensive options. Its my first time in abuja,both mtn and vmobile gprs r just timin out. Pls can i use vactive as a gprs modem,i've been tryin all night.
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Posted: 2006-07-17 07:52:00
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Pls i need the gprs modem dial up details i.e dial up digits,username,password. Is it .*9***2#
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Posted: 2006-07-17 07:58:00
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On 2006-07-15 22:04:00, 2tek wrote:
phcn is still battlin wit supply of electricity, pls they shouldn't be saddled wit transmission of broadband.
What I think you guys are talking about is the fibre-optic ring that HAS ALREADY been installed along the NEPA transmission lines. NEPA had signed an agreement with a Tech company to use it as a Telecom backbone. This was done a few months ago.
So I think it is about THAT fibre-optic cable. What will bring the data to our homes will NOT be the same electric copper wire we are currently using.
@2Tek... Where have you been? We had trashed out Vactive GPRS awhile back. I have forgotten the apn but the Username and password is internet/internet... I think. Call CC or read the posts of a few months back.
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Posted: 2006-07-17 14:09:02
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@2tek: *99***2# vmobile gprs hasn't been working for a while, and the password/username is wap, APN is wap.vmobile.
@coola: optic fibre ring is a different medium from the power distribution lines we were discussing here.
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Posted: 2006-07-18 09:02:00
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I still don't understand this broadband/electric thing, probaby cos i've not done any research yet. is it the same Nepa electric wires we have that will be used to distribute the service? in that case there's gonna be a risk of electric shock hazards from 240v. Even if the neutral line was used as the medium, the hazards are still there if there's a thunder-storm.
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Posted: 2006-07-18 12:57:00
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